Mr. Mike Lovenberg is proud to announce the
administrative recommendation of Justin Crandall as the next WHS Athletic
Director. Justin was selected from a candidate pool of 27 applicants and starts
July 15. The interview committee was impressed with his experience and
organizational skills. Justin has worked for the Port Edwards School District
since 2012 as a physical education teacher and the last five years as its
athletic director. He has experience as a Head Football Coach and Head Baseball
Coach. At Whitewater, Justin will serve as the High School Athletic Director
and teach physical education courses.
Justin Crandall
In his letter of application, Justin shared that one of his major goals as an educator is to build many solid relationships with his students. “I want to be the teacher that my students look forward to the most. I think the best way to make my class desirable is by challenging them. In my opinion, most of my students thrive on being challenged and pushed out of their comfort zones. It’s only after I make some type of connection and build a positive relationship with the student can I push them to those limits. I’ve learned over the course of my working with young people that I can get so much more academically, socially, and emotionally from them if those solid relationships are built and maintained.”
We are excited to have Justin joining our athletic
program and community. We look forward to future successes. A welcome reception
is being planned so that the community will have an opportunity to meet Justin.
Plan
on taking in a performance of the Whitewater Unified School District’s Summer
School Playhouse production of “The Phantom Tollbooth Jr.” on July 11 and 12 at
7:00 p.m. and July 13 at 2:00 p.m. in the Whitewater High School Auditorium.
Cast of “The Phantom Tollbooth Jr.”
To order reserved seat tickets at $8 for adults and $5 for students, phone the WHS box office at 262-472-8178. Tickets can also be purchased at the box office beginning one hour before the performance.
Norton
Juster’s beloved children’s book, “The
Phantom Tollbooth,” is adapted for the stage in this modern tale of
a boy who must save the princesses Rhyme and Reason and reunite the brother
Kings who rule over the cities of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis. Aided by a
trusty time-keeping dog, Tock, Milo successfully brings harmony to the Land of
Wisdom, finding that everything we learn has a purpose and whatever we do
affects everything and everyone, and that there is never a reason to be bored
in a world full of so many things to discover.
A
magnificent group of more than 60 students ranging in age from 6th graders to WHS
Class of 2019 graduates put their acting and technical skills to the test under
the direction of Jim McCulloch and Musical Director Liz Elliott.
Assisting
McCulloch and Elliott are Nathan
Broege (Assistant Director), Lynn
Lema (Choreography), Kat Dunham (Technical Director), Tony Hansen (Sound
Engineer) and Kim Clarksen (Costume Design).
Taking
to the stage are Gio Anello, Cha Cha Binagi, Ghati Binagi, Amelia Brokopp,
Belkys Comacho-Rivera, Keith Cameron, Caleb Clapper, Emma Clarksen, Olive
Coburn, Grace Coleman, Lucy Davis, Alejandra Diaz-Gallegos, Adalyn Frye, Danny
Fuller, Henry Gehrenbeck, Charlotte Hajewski, Jillian Harkness, Nina Heim,
Maggie Jay, Kaia Jones, Josh Kirley, Tai Lin, Ilana Lothes, Alex Martin, Audrey
Mayer, Ben McCulloch, Myles Morse, Betzy Palomec, Madisyn Pope, Chris Porcaro,
Chloe Prince, Aldo Rodriguez, Cole Schlicher, Nicole Sedmak, Rebecca Sortino,
Skylar Staebler, Madison Strickler, Alexandra Sullivan, Evie Troxel, Lucy
Troxel, Sami Van Daele, Willow Vogelzang, Anderson Waelchli, Carter Waelchli,
Marco Wence, Cosette Wildermuth, Ella Willman, Xavier Zei, and Morgan Zingsheim.
Students
serving on the technical side of the production as Stage Managers are Hailey Long and Sophia Walton (Stage Manager) and as
Assistant Technical Directors Josie Hintz and Emma Van Daele, along with Payton Bunger, Emerson Dunham, Weston Lema, Ian Long, Kara Long, Abi
Olson, Jarvis Porcaro, Aldo Rodriguez, and Kelsey Zingheim.
Following
a three-hour rehearsal on July 1, 6th grader Danny Fuller said, “I think the play’s really fun.”
Sophie
Walton, a sophomore, commented, “This is my first year stage managing, and it’s
really interesting being on the other side because in the past I’ve been in the
cast itself or backstage on the crew.
It’s interesting to see the work that goes into actually directing and producing
the show.”
“It’s
a challenging and very different show, and it’s one that’s not very well known,
so you have to come up with a character by yourself,” noted sophomore Gio
Anello, cast in the role of Mathemagician. “You can’t rely on other productions
of the show,” Anello continued. “You go
through the script and you try to pick up little mannerisms on what your
character’s like. You have to develop a
voice for your character and a mood for how they’re feeling.” Anello
added, “My character has to change from angry to not angry and I have to build
off of other characters at the same time.”
“The selection of this show took me by surprise, but it has grown on me,” Carter Waelchli, a junior, reported. “I read ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ when I was a little kid in first or second grade. Rediscovering the story and all the characters has been a magical experience.” In describing his role as Tock, Waelchli observed, “My character in this show goes on this adventure in this magical land filled with weird creatures,” adding, “In famous shows there are established portrayals of the characters but for a play like this, it’s much more like free form experimentation. You can move around and try things you wouldn’t really get to try in other, more traditional shows.”
Waelchli also said that the idea of his character is also “absolutely” influenced once rehearsals begin. “At the beginning of rehearsals, the relationship I had with Marco, who plays Milo, was more authoritarian because my character, Tock, is a watchdog. As the rehearsal schedule has continued and I have embraced the fact that my character is an animal, I’m developing more of a dopey, dog-like persona.”
Freshman Skylar Staebler said, “Theatre is just like one big family. Having everyone together is just so much fun.”
Ella Willman, a junior, pointed out the value of the summer school production for the youngest members of the cast and technical crew: “One of the great things about the summer musical is that it allows little kids to learn a love of theatre which is very important.”
Whitewater is truly a spectacular community in which to live. One need look no further than the 4th of July Festival as it wraps up to see that. On behalf of the Whitewater 4th of July Committee, thank you for making this community what it is.
Hundreds of volunteers each year spend months of their time, often take time off work, and put countless hours into each part of this event. To those who consistently show that dedication, thank you will never be enough. To the dozens of city employees who are often shoulder to shoulder with volunteers, please know this would not be possible without your support either. We also are grateful for the generosity of all those who donate financially to the support of this festival; your commitment to the community which often extends far past this festival is humbling.
As a committee at this time of year we always find ourselves inundated with suggestions. We welcome every single one. Suggestions only make this festival better for all of us. We also welcome you to join us as a committee member or volunteer as you are able to assist with next year’s festival. Please contact us for additional information; we would love to start that conversation with you.
If you have great photos of this year’s event, please don’t hesitate to send those our way; we’ll update our website in the next week or two to feature as many of those images as we can, and you can always email us at whitewater4th@gmail.com.
Once again we thank you for celebrating our nation’s independence with us, supporting the organizations that make up our food and beverage vendors, and for continuing Whitewater’s rich 4th of July traditions this year.
(Iglesia de San Patricio – 1225 W. Main Street –
Whitewater, WI)
Sábado, 20 de julio
– Cena de BBQ – 5: 00-7: 00 p.m. – Berry Hall
• Pollo y costillas
en salsa de barbacoa, frijoles al horno, ensalada de papas, salsa de manzana,
panecillo, ensalada de repollo, postre, limonada, agua, café
• Boletos – $ 10.00 c/u – Los boletos
deben comprarse con anticipación
(comuníquese con la oficina de la
parroquia San Patricio al 262-473-3143)
• Rifas de 50-50 y Cubeta
Domingo, 28 de julio –
12: 30-4: 00 p.m. –
patio de la iglesia
¡Muchos juegos y actividades para toda la
familia!
Caminata de pasteles – Tanque de
Agua – Subasta Silenciosa
Comida y Bebidas – Música y
Entretenimiento – rifas 50-50
Sorteo
de efectivo (múltiples premios en efectivo)
The Whitewater Arts Alliance, in
partnership with Fairhaven Senior Services, First Citizens State Bank, Fort
Community Credit Union, Olm & Associates, PremierBank, and John and Sandra
Heyer will present Amanecer Y Mas as the fourth performance of the 2019 concert
series Savory Sounds at the Cultural
Arts Center, 402 West Main Street from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, July
11. Attendees may bring their own lunch or purchase lunch from La Preferida,
the participating vendor, while they enjoy music.
After
enjoying the music and lunch, attendees are invited to explore the exhibits at
the Cultural Arts Center. July features photography by the community to honor
the late Fran Achen with the Tenth Annual Fran Achen Photography Competition.
Following is the
remaining date for Savory Sounds,
which runs 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural
Arts Center near the Birge Fountain at 402 West Main Street:
Date
Artist
Food Vendor
July 18
The Brothers Quinn
SweetSpot
The
Cultural Arts Center is located on 402 West Main Street in the historic White
building near the Birge Fountain. Parking is behind the building. An elevator
is available for access from the parking lot entrance.
Former student-athletes Fulton “Trey” Bell ’18, Erin
Bravo ’05, Ryan Callahan ’04, Brady Endl ’04, Angela (Sheehan) Rachidi ’98 and Michelle
Stanislawski ‘05 will be inducted. Former head football coach Lance Leipold ’87
will be inducted under the category of staff/coach, and longtime Warhawk
supporter Jim Kuehn will be inducted for his distinguished service to the
institution.
The 1984 men’s basketball team, which claimed the
program’s first-ever national championship, will also be inducted under the
team category. It is the first team ever inducted into the UW-Whitewater
Athletics Hall of Fame.
All eight individuals and the 1984 men’s basketball team
will be recognized for their contributions to Warhawk athletics as part of the
UW-Whitewater football team’s game against UW-Platteville on Saturday, October
12, at 2 p.m. Inductees will be part of the Homecoming Parade, which begins at
10 a.m., and be honored at halftime of the football game and at the annual Hall
of Fame Banquet, which begins following the contest at 5:30 p.m. at the
University Center’s Hamilton Room.
To purchase tickets for the game and/or Hall of Fame
Banquet, visit the Hall of Fame Registration Web Page. For more information
regarding the banquet, contact Lauree Miller at 262-472-6202 or millerla@uww.edu.
Fulton “Trey” Bell competed for the UW-Whitewater football
team in 1999 and from 2002-04. The Racine, Wisconsin, native played on
back-to-back 7-3 teams in 2003 and 2004 that helped catapult the program to its
nationally-competitive level. A defensive back and kick/punt returner, Bell
earned first team All-America honors from the American Football Coaches
Association and third team honors from D3football.com in 2004 after totaling 34
tackles, four interceptions, nine pass breakups, and two fumble recoveries
defensively and more than 200 yards in the return game. He was named the team’s
Co-Most Valuable Player that same year. A two-time All-Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection, Bell finished his career with
121 tackles, 12 interceptions and five fumble recoveries. He played for the
Chicago Fire of the American Football League in 2006. Bell graduated with a
bachelor’s in physical education in 2018.
Erin Bravo was a member of the UW-Whitewater softball
program from 2003-04. She collected first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference and all-region accolades in 2003, when she helped lead the
team to the NCAA Tournament. One year later, Bravo was named WIAC Player of the
Year and a first team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches
Association after leading the Warhawks in hits (61), home runs (9), batting
average (.452), runs batted in (35) and doubles (14). She is the program’s
all-time leader in career batting average (.431) and currently ranks among the
top five in conference history in both career batting average and career slugging
percentage (.758). An Arlington Heights, Illinois, native, Bravo graduated
from UW-Whitewater with a degree in criminal justice in 2005.
Ryan Callahan was a three-time All-Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection and two-time all-region honoree
for the UW-Whitewater baseball team from 2000-01 and 2003-04. The
pitcher/outfielder helped the Warhawks claim four WIAC championships, two
conference tournament titles, and four appearances in the NCAA Tournament,
including a trip to the Division III World Series in 2004. Callahan led
UW-Whitewater in complete games (5), shutouts (2), innings pitched (72), and
strikeouts (72), and compiled a team-leading 2.21 earned run average and two
shutouts as a senior in 2004. The Janesville, Wisconsin, native was signed by
the San Francisco Giants upon graduation, pitching in the organization for
several years. Callahan graduated with a degree in elementary education in 2004
and currently serves as UW-Whitewater’s Interim Director of Athletics.
Brady Endl was a four-year standout for the baseball
program from 2001-04. In 2004, he was selected American Baseball Coaches
Association National Pitcher of the Year and the Academic All-America® of the
Year by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Endl finished his
career as a two-year All-American and Academic All-American, and was the WIAC
Baseball Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete in 2004. The four-time All-Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honoree helped the Warhawks claim three
WIAC championships, two conference tournament titles and three NCAA Tournament
appearances, including a trip to the Division III World Series in 2004. Endl’s
name is etched throughout the program and conference record books, ranking No.
1 in school history in innings pitched (261 2/3) and strikeouts (251) and No. 2
in league history in pitching wins (27). He also ranks among the top 10 in
program history in home runs (40), walks (78), and runs batted in (138). Endl
is a member of the WIAC’s All-Time Baseball Team, which was recognized during
the league’s Centennial Celebration in 2013. He was selected in the 10th round
by the Atlanta Braves in the 2004 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft, and
played professionally in the organization for three years. A Jefferson,
Wisconsin, native, Endl graduated with a degree in finance in 2004.
Angela (Sheehan) Rachidi was named all-conference four
times and all-region two times at second base during her four-year career with
the UW-Whitewater softball team from 1995-98. The Lancaster, Wisconsin, native
is one of four players in program history to earn All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference accolades four times. Rachidi was named first team Academic
All-District® by the College Sports Information Directors of America in 1996
and was selected WIAC Softball Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete as a senior in
1998. She helped lead the Warhawks to the conference championship in 1996 as
well as NCAA Tournament appearances in 1996 and 1998. Rachidi ranks among the
top 10 in program history in career doubles (37), runs (124), batting average
(.370), and hits (183). She graduated with a bachelor’s in public policy
administration in 1998.
Michelle (Stanislawski) Anderson was a two-time
All-American as a setter for the Warhawk volleyball team. During her career,
which spanned from 2001-04, Anderson was selected All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference and all-region two times each, and was a member of the WIAC
All-Defensive team in 2002. She helped the Warhawks win the national
championship in 2002 and was a part of three other NCAA Tournament appearances
as well as three WIAC championships and two conference tournament titles. Anderson
ranks among the program’s top 10 in career digs (1,551) and assists (2,357),
and her 1,704 assists in 2003 are the second-most in one season in program
history and ninth-most in the WIAC record book. A Milwaukee native, Anderson
graduated with a degree in criminal justice in 2005.
Lance Leipold led the Warhawk football team to six
national championships during his eight-year run as head coach from 2007-14. A
six-time American Football Coaches Association and D3football.com National Coach
of the Year, Leipold left UW-Whitewater with the highest winning percentage
(.948) among active NCAA coaches at any level, and became the fastest head
coach in NCAA history at any level to reach 100 career wins (106 games). The
four-time Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
helped UW-Whitewater claim seven conference titles and several individual
accolades, including 66 All-America honors, 132 All-WIAC accolades, six WIAC
Player of the Year awards, and six National Player of the Year honors. Leipold
also worked tirelessly off the field to extend UW-Whitewater’s profile,
appearing regularly on regionally- and nationally-syndicated sports broadcasts,
communicating frequently with local, regional and national media, and forging a
partnership with ESPN Milwaukee. A 2003 Hall of Fame inductee as a former
Warhawk quarterback, Leipold currently works as head football coach at the
University at Buffalo, a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
Jim Kuehn has been an avid supporter of the UW-Whitewater
athletic department and its teams for nearly 40 years. He has been a member of
the UW-Whitewater football team’s Quarterback Club since 1982, serving as a
board member on several occasions. Kuehn is credited as one of the founders of the
Quarterback Club Golf Outing, which began in 1987. He also serves as a member
and organizer of the football “chain gang,” a position he has held since 1983.
In addition, Kuehn serves as a committee member and financial contributor for
Wally & Rod’s Warhawk Auction Raffle, the largest annual fundraiser for the
Warhawk football, men’s basketball, and baseball programs for nearly 25 years.
He has also been instrumental over the years in coordination of post-event
meals for football student-athletes and their families. Kuehn is retired after
working for the Jefferson Fire Department for 58 years.
The 1983-84 men’s basketball team earned UW-Whitewater’s
first national championship trophy. Highly regarded after a trip to the
NCAA Division III Final Four the previous year, Dave Vander Meulen’s squad
lived up to the expectations. Behind senior guard Andre McKoy, still
UW-Whitewater’s career scoring leader and the only player in program history to
reach 2,000 points, UW-W shared the Wisconsin State University Conference
title. McKoy was named the WSUC Player of the Year, and Vander Meulen was
the league’s Coach of the Year. Junior center Mark Linde, who went on to
earn All-America honors the next season, and junior forward James Wilson, among
UW-W’s best defenders and a certainty as the school’s all-time shot blocker if
it had been an official statistic at the time, gave UW-W the complimentary
inside game to defeat Clark University 103-86 in the championship game in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, giving UW-W a 27-4 record and the WSUC its first national
basketball champion.
She was born on August 12, 1924, daughter of Fred W. and Ethel M. (Lerwill) Teetshorn. She attended the Whitewater schools and was a graduate of the City High School, class of 1942. Jean was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Robert E. Chaffee, on April 16, 1949, at the Bassett House in Whitewater. Robert predeceased Jean on July 1, 2007. Jean is survived by her daughter, Jane (Marvin) Ripp of Middleton; her granddaughter, Sarah Jane Ripp (Callan) Donovan of Madison; her cousins Mary L. Palmer and Brooke M. Temby, and their families, all of Eagle Mountain, UT; and her beloved cat, Dexter. A private service was held for the family to honor Jean’s life and reunion with Bob, the love of her life. To honor Jean’s love for cats, please consider making a donation to the Humane Society of Jefferson County, W6127 Kiesling Rd, Jefferson, WI 53549 or at hsjc-wis.com/donate.
